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A. BOSSARD. ELEGTRIGLAMP GLOBE SUPPORT.

(No Model.}

Patented July 7, 1885.,

NITED STATES ATENT tries.

AUGUST BOSSARD, OF NENV YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRlO-LAMP-GLOBE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,788, dated July 7, 1885.

' Application filed July 24, 1884. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BOSSARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric'Lamp Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a detail in section.

This invention has relation to the globeholdcrs for electric or other lamps, and has for its object to provide a lamp-frame of such a construction as to permit of easy access to the light or carbons for adjustment, renewal, &c., without removing the surrounding globe from its fastening.

It is well known that in the class of lamps as now constructed it is very difficult to obtain access to the carbons or lights without removing the globe from the lamp, and as a consequence of this necessary removal great numbers of expensive globes are broken or destroyed. By the use of myinvention the danger of breaking the globes is not alone obviated, but the time and trouble in removing and replacing the globes are saved.

Referring to'the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 shows a lamp-frame and globe-support of my improved construction, A being the top plate of the lamp-frame and a a the arms or hangers for the support of the light or lower carbon holder, B. The arms a a are rigidly attached to the plate A in any suitable or desired manner.

0 is the frame or support for the globeholder 0, and is attached to the lamp-frame by means of its arms or upright pieces (1 d, carrying collars or clips 6 c e 6 said collars or clips being rigidly attached to the uprights d d and encircling the arms a a, so as to freely slip thereon.

To the lower or bottom side of the plate A are attached two spring-catches, F F, which have their lower ends curved inward and upward to form a convenient handle or grasp, and having hooks or other suitable engaging devices, ff.

The clips or collars c e have lugs or projections 9 g on their inner sides to engage with the hooks on springs F F. The springs F F are so bent or tempered as to have a tendency to press toward or against the arms a a. I

It will be seen that as the frame 0 is slid upward on the arms a a the springs or hooks F F will engage with the lugs or projections g g and hold the frame 0 in position and prevent its sliding down.

WVhen it is desired to remove the globe from around the lamp or carbon points, the hooks F F are pressed inward or-toward each other, and thus release the lugs gg from engagement therewith and thus allow the globe-frame and globe to slide down.

To replace the globe around the light, the frame is simply pushed upward, the collars e e e a sliding on the arms a a till the catches engage with the lugs gy, where it is firmly held in position.

What I claim as new is 1. The combination of lamp-frame A, having arms and catches attached thereto, with globeholder 0, attached to said arms by collars or clips, so as to allow the globe-holder to be slid up and down, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of lamp-frame A, having arms a a and springcatches F F,with the globe-holder 0, attached to the arms a a by collars or clips 6 e 0 0 so as to allow the globeholder to be slid up and down, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May, 1884.

AUGUST BOSSARD.

Witnesses:

H. KUGLER, Tnnonon MiiNorL 

